Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
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An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Wingene · since 2022
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TERNEUZEN · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of DTF Accountancy · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kortrijk · since 1987
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Dental practice · Schoten · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Zonhoven · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Eeklo · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2024
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Schelle · since 2024
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'EXPERTISE D ET H · Other legal services · Kraainem · since 1989
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Merchtem · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Zele · since 2023
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Gavere · since 2000
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Other business support services · Huldenberg · since 2002
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of LES COMBUSTIBLES DETHYE · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Thuin · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Delft Environment Technology · Other research and development on natural sciences · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2017
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Verhuur en lease van kantoormachines, inclusief computers · Kortrijk · since 1991
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of PEBS IMMO · Buying and selling of own real estate · Vorst · since 2020
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Other business support services · Zaventem · since 2023
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Dental practice · Vorst · since 2012
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Jabbeke · since 2026
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Office administrative and support services · since 2018
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since 2020
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2009
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Pet boarding · since 2018
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2016